Improvement in oil-cans



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MAYHER, OF EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN OlpL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39.,l57,'dated July 7, 1863.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MAYHER, or Easthampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil-Gans; and I do hereby declare that t-he following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specilication.

The drawing represents a vertical central section of my invention.

This invention consists in the arrangement of an air-passage extending from the bott-om of an oil-can up near to its top in such amanner that free access to said passage can be had at all times without taking the oil-can to pieces, and that the same can be prevented from stopping up.

The invention consists, also, in the arrangement of a reservoir on the inside of the bot'- tom of the can and surrounding the air-tube leading through the bottom, in combination with a tube extending from the top ofthe reservoir to the top ofthe can in such a manner that the oil which may nd its vway into the upper tube collects at the bottom of the reservoir and is not permitted to leak out at the bottom of the can through the air-passage.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents an oil-cau made of tinned sheet-iron or any other suitable material in the ordinary form and size and provided with a spout, B, of the ordinary construction. The sides ofthe can projectbeyond the bottom G, so that all the wear is thrown on the lower edge, and the bottom is protected.

D isa reservoir, which is secured to the iuside of the bottom C, and a tube, E, leads through the bottom. into this reservoir. This tube extends up nearly to the top of the reservoir, and from the top of said reservoir a tube, F, rises close up to the upper end of the can, Through the tubes E and F the airhas freeaccess to the interior of the can, and when the can is turned upside down the oil will run freely from the spout. On turning the can back to its original position some oil might find its way into the tube F, and J[his oil will collect at the bottom of the reservoir D and will not be permitted to leak out through the tube E. In order to prevent the oil which may drip down through the pipe F from finding its way into the tube E the two tubes are not in line, but the reservoir is made conical, and whenever the air `passa-ge should be stopped up it can readily be cleaned by running a wire up through the tubes E and F. This wire will be readily introduced at the bottom into the tube E, and on being pushed up the conical sides of the reservoir will conduct its point to the tube F, so that the airpassage can be kept open without taking the can apart.

That I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Taking the air in at the bottom of the can A instead of at the top, as specified.

2. The arrangement of the conical reservoir D with the tube F, in combination with the air-tube E, extending up through the bottom of the can A, as and for the purpose shown and described.

JOHN MAYHER.

Witnesses:

E. T. SAWYER, ALBERT WARNER. 

